Integration
Connect Commerce Tools to NGP VAN
When New customer fires in Commerce Tools, your agent runs Add Contact History in NGP VAN. Describe the whole flow and it is built, tested on every scenario and kept running.
What the catalog holds today. Ask for anything missing and your agent reads the API documentation and adds it.
Build solutions, not workarounds.
What do you want Commerce Tools and NGP VAN to do together?
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https://mcp.apiant.aiOne connection does both: ask your client to act in an app once, or have it build an automation that keeps running. Any client that takes a remote MCP server. Nothing to install. Create your free account, then sign in once in your browser.
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Claude Code
Run this in the directory you want to work in.
claude mcp add --transport http -s project apiant-ai https://mcp.apiant.aiStart Claude Code there, approve the server, and sign in in the browser page it opens.
Claude Code guide (opens in a new tab)Claude, web and desktop
Open Customize, then Connectors, then Add custom connector, and paste the address. On Team and Enterprise an owner adds it first.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Cursor
Add the address to your MCP configuration as a server URL. Cursor signs you in in your browser.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Zed
Open Settings, then AI, then MCP Servers, then Add Server, then Add Remote Server.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Codex and the ChatGPT desktop app
Open Settings, then MCP servers, then Add server, and choose Streamable HTTP. From the terminal, Codex takes the address with its own add command and then signs you in.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Any other MCP client
Paste the address where the client asks for a remote MCP server URL, and name the server apiant-ai where it lets you. APIANT's skills reach the client over the same connection.
Setup guide (opens in a new tab)Example flows
What Commerce Tools can start in NGP VAN
When New customer in Commerce Tools
then Add Contact History in NGP VAN
When New order in Commerce Tools
then Add Note to Contact in NGP VAN
Starting points drawn from the triggers and actions in the catalog today. Describe the flow you need, at any depth, and your agent builds it and tests every scenario before it ships.
Everything your agent can do with Commerce Tools and NGP VAN
Triggers and actions 2 triggers · 41 actions
Trigger
New customerTriggers when a new customer is created in your commercetools project.
Trigger
New orderTriggers when a new order is created in the commercetools project.
Action
Add cartCreates a new shopping cart in your commercetools project, optionally with line items, customer, addresses and discount codes.
Action
Add categoryCreates a category in your commercetools project for organizing products.
Action
Add customerCreates a customer in your commercetools project and returns the new customer record.
Action
Add order from cartCreates an order from an existing cart, optionally setting its order number and initial order, payment and shipment states.
Action
Add productCreates a product in your commercetools project with its product type, name, slug and optional variants, prices, categories and attributes.
Action
Delete customerDeletes a customer, optionally erasing all of their related personal data. Returns the deleted customer.
Action
Delete productDeletes a product from the catalog and returns the product as it was when deleted.
Action
Find categoriesFinds categories in your commercetools project that match a filter, such as a key, slug or name.
Action
Find customersFinds customers matching a filter condition, such as an email address or last name.
Action
Find inventory entriesReturns the inventory entries (stock quantities per SKU and supply channel) that match a filter.
Action
Find ordersFinds orders in the commercetools project that match a filter condition.
Action
Find productsFinds products in your commercetools project that match a filter condition, such as a product key or name.
Action
Get cartReturns a cart by its id, including its line items, totals, addresses and state.
Action
Get customerReturns a single customer by its id, including addresses and custom fields.
Action
Get orderReturns an order by its id, including line items, totals, state and custom fields.
Action
Get productReturns a product by its id, including its current and staged data, variants and prices.
Action
Update cartUpdates a cart by applying one or more update actions, such as adding line items or setting the shipping address, and returns the updated cart.
Action
Update customerApplies one or more update actions to an existing customer, such as changing their email, name or addresses, and returns the updated customer.
Action
Update inventory entryUpdates an inventory entry, for example adding, removing or setting its stock quantity, and returns the updated entry.
Action
Update orderUpdates an order by applying one or more update actions, such as changing its order, shipment or payment state.
Action
Update productUpdates a product by applying one or more update actions, and returns the updated product.
Action
Add a ContributionCreates a contribution (donation) for a contact in NGP VAN, credited to a designation.
Action
Add Activist CodesApplies or removes one or more activist codes on a person in NGP VAN.
Action
Add Canvass ResponsesRecords a canvass interaction on a person in NGP VAN: either a result code such as Not Home, or script responses such as activist codes, survey answers and volunteer activities.
Action
Add Contact HistoryRecords a contact attempt (contact history) on a person in NGP VAN with a result code such as Not Home or Wrong Number, plus optional context like contact type, date and phone.
Action
Add Note to ContactAdds a free-text note to a person in NGP VAN, optionally with a note category and a contact history record.
Action
Add Survey ResponsesRecords one or more survey question answers on a person in VAN, optionally with details of how and when they were canvassed.
Action
Create Financial BatchCreates a financial batch in NGP VAN for grouping contributions under a designation.
Action
Create or Update Contact With a ContributionFinds a matching contact (creating one if none exists, otherwise updating it) and records a contribution for that contact. Returns the contact's VAN ID and the new contribution ID.
Action
Delete code from contactRemoves a single code (tag) from a contact in NGP VAN.
Action
Delete contactDeletes (suppresses) a contact record in NGP VAN by its VANID.
Action
Find ContactFinds the person in NGP VAN who matches the VAN ID, name, date of birth, phone numbers or email addresses you provide, and returns that person's full record.
Action
Find Financial BatchFinds financial batches whose names contain the given text.
Action
Get contactReturns a person record from NGP VAN by VAN ID, with optional phones, emails, addresses, custom fields and other details.
Action
List activist codesReturns the activist codes available in your VAN committee, optionally filtered by status, name or type.
Action
List campaignsReturns the campaigns in your NGP VAN account, with each campaign's name, type and status.
Action
List notesReturns the notes recorded on a person (contact) in NGP VAN.
Action
Merge contactsMerges a source contact into a target contact, keeping the target's values on conflicts and deleting the source.
Action
Subscribe EmailFinds or creates a contact by email address and marks that email as subscribed.
Action
Tag a ContactApplies a tag or source code to an existing contact.
Action
Update noteUpdates the text, view restriction and category of an existing note on a person in NGP VAN.
No trigger or action matches that. Ask your agent to add it: it reads the API documentation and builds what you describe.
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Questions
Commerce Tools and NGP VAN, answered
What can start an automation from Commerce Tools?
Any of Commerce Tools's 2 triggers in the catalog, including New customer and New order. Describe the moment in plain language and your agent picks the right one.
What can your agent do in NGP VAN when something happens in Commerce Tools?
Any of NGP VAN's 20 actions, including Create Financial Batch, Create or Update Contact With a Contribution, Update note and Add a Contribution. Your agent maps the data both ways and tests every scenario before it ships.
Can it also run from NGP VAN to Commerce Tools?
NGP VAN has no triggers in the catalog today, so automations start in Commerce Tools. If you need the other direction, ask: your agent reads NGP VAN's API documentation and adds it.
Do I have to build a connector for Commerce Tools or NGP VAN?
No. Both are in the catalog with their triggers and actions. You describe the automation; your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running.
Can my AI client use Commerce Tools and NGP VAN without building an automation?
Yes. With your AI client connected to APIANT, ask it to do something in either app once and it runs that action on the spot. Ask for an automation and your agent builds it, tests every scenario and keeps it running. One connection covers both.
What happens when something fails?
Your agent works that out for you. It plans the failure paths along with the happy path, then tests every scenario before it ships.
Is there a free plan?
Yes. Every plan includes the agent, including free, and building from your own AI client spends no assistant credits.